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THE NEW YORK HERALD.
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EUROPEAN EDITION—PARIS. MONDAY. MAY 6. 1901.-EIGHT PAGES.
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the moment 'i ft attention is entirely linner political crisis in succeeded in finding new It posts of Ministers of '' JCounllClrCe, but the most ti011 namely, Dr. von ":orship, is not yet settled. Ijrfer of Commerce is the ^1 deputy, Herr holler, a ^er of Duisbm-g- He. be,firing of the Na.tion.al Lib'detCfInined " to some extent ■, Agrarian demands for an " com duties. Herr Moller, ;:,rlMre of the necessity of "jew commercial treatim, -■Wore, only consent to such reforc, as will not imperil the treaties. He is not exof England, but ho knows ite the value of good com,between both countries.' Postmaster-General, Herr ,ill be appointed Minister As a landed proprietor, uirements of agriculture, 'tOufidcnce of the agri-j« he belongs himself. {trusts to the good comjerr von Podbielski, and .:gethe right man to tell Uhat the extravagant sit cannot be realized.
is with the present Interior, Baron Rhein,img the vacant chair • ill pending. Should i, as is generally exr case, succeed Herr « Minister, tihen the ^ -a!(t arise as to who is IT of the Interior, the I all the members of the
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ENGLISH CATHOLIC DEPUTATION
Its Reception by King Edward
Gives Great Satisfaction at VII. the Vatican.
ROME, Sunday -The mano" published yesterday ia ¡of the reception of the English VII. ^ deputation by &mg J^ of it the Vatican this üfficial first time since the Catholic bishops for q a notable sucReformation is re.2.ai c x^ King's cess for the Catholic ^put,ation that it will reply, be his assuring endeavor tolerance haR produced an excellent impression her<: i,ind is universally d to.
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WILD LIFE IN
PARIS PARKS.
Deer in the Bois Take Fright at Automobiles—Rabbit Warren
Near Longchamp.
VERMIN 20 CENTIMES A HEAD.
Migratory Habits of the Woodpigeons in the Luxembourg—Thrushes and Finches.
Wild life in the Bois de Boulogne: Few people who take a, cursory walk or drive through the leafy avenues or pathways of the sylvan plaisaunce can suspect the presence of such denizens as deer, rabbits and stoats, not to speak of rats and felines.
"This year I have discovered a dozen broods of blackbirds and six of pigeons. The blackbird is much more destructive than the pigeon. Blackbirds sing at sundown around Murger's bust. Their headouarters are near the Odéon.
"Finches like to be high up. They build on the trees overlooking the statues of the grandes dames in French history. For three years there has been a nest of finches beside the statue of Marie Stuart.
"As for sparrows, go to the poets' corner, near the rue de Medicis; you will see enough of them on the lawn and everywhere else."
Automobiles are frightening the deer so that they seldom leave the depths of 'uheir retreat nowadays. But a careful search around the Croix Catelan may reward the visitor with a sight of some of the herd, twenty-four in all.
Rabbits have their warren not far from the Longchamp racecourse. Pheasants are now a departed memory. Some years ago a few were to be seen around the Cascade...
The guardians of the Bois give chase every morning to the vermin who wage war on ducks and other water fowl. Stoats, weasels and vulgar Parisian cats, fall to their breechloaders. The modest sum of 20c. is paid for every noxious animal so destroyed.
Rats come within the province of a contractor, who undertakes in return for the magnificent sum of' 150fr. per annum to clear the lakes of those enemies to nesting wildfow 1.
In the Luxembourg..
From the Bois. to the Luxembourg "il n'est qu'un pas." Much indignation is felt among the guardians of the latter woodland at the reports that war was to be waged against their woodpigeons on account of their destructiveness and unclean habits.
"Why, there are only 200, at most 250, of them," remarked one of the guards to a "Matin" reporter. "It is true that the 'allee des veuves' and the 'allee des soupirs'—as the paths leading from the Panthéon gates are known—receive a little too much attention from the pigeons, but that is because it is the coolest place in the gardens.
"Every spring we count the nests. There are rarely more than twenty to twenty-five pairs. Nearly all the pigeons you see leave in November for the neighboring woods of Meudon, Verrieres or SaintGermain. Some thirty winter in the Luxembourg. Visitors are just numerous enough to keep them in. food. Some grateful pairs return here in February.
ASSISTANCE AUX ANIMAUX.
The Above Society Organizes an Entertainment for the Benefit of
Its Funds.
That praiseworthy society, L'Assistance aux Animaux—in no way to be confounded with the Société Protectrice—is making headway, and, although but founded in June, 1899, has already rendered, and is daily rendering, important services, by alleviating the sufferings of dumb animals, causing cruelty to be punished and rewarding kindness. Its mission is not confined to horses, but is extended to every dumb creature—dogs, cats and even birds —and at present it has inspectors in nearly evry quarter of the capital.
Such an institution cannot be carried on without money, and although the members' list is growing apace, more funds are
* necessary..
In order to augment the capital required for working expenses, the committee, with Dr. Berillon, president, and the Marquise de Jaucourt, vice-president, at its head, has decided to organize an entertainment, which will take place at the Nouveau Theatre, rue Blanche, on the evening of the 30th inst.
It, is early to speak of the programme, but the principal items of it will be as follows : Distribution of rewards, operetta, concert, children's play.
Many leading artistes have already promised to contribute, these including M. Coquelin cadet, Mme. Carrere, M. Verin (Opéra-Comique), Mile. Andrée Blanc, the pianiste, and the Brothers Cottin, the maiidolinists. Replies from others are awaited.
The children's play, entitled Bonhoinme Noel," will be a; novelty, and one of the actors will be little Robitte, of the Opera.... , ,, With so worthy an aim in view, and the promise of an excellent entertainment, it is sincerely to be hoped that there will be a full house. The prices of admission will be from 2fr. to 50fr. Applications for reserved places should be made at once to M. Lepinay, secretary of L'Assistance aux Animaux, 36 rue Vaneau (Telephone, 702.70).
BEQUEST TO ROUEN.
The Comte. Alexandre-Louis Saint-Ouen de Pierre.court, who lias just died at Courbevoie, says thø-c"Echo de Paris," has left 8,000,000fr. to his .native city of Rouen, with the following restrictions : 60,000fr, ar'e to be piven to each of his two servants ; a life annuity of 135,OOOfr. to s friend, and 50,000fr. to be given to the healthiest two children of the city.
THE OPHIR
AT MELBOURNE.
Great Preparations to Greet the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York.
ALL IS - WELL ON BOARD.
Met at the Harbor's Mouth by the Admiral and Australian Squadron.
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The Ophir, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, arrived here to-day, escorted by the Juno. Their Royal Highnesses will land at two o'clock on Monday.
The Australian squadron of four warships awaited the Ophir, and the admiral in command went on board, and was received by the Duke and Duchess. All was well on board.
Melbourne has prepared a magnificent reception for the Royal pair. On landing they will be received by the GovernorGeneral, Lord Hopetoun, and the Federal Ministers, after which a procession will form and traverse a distance of seven miles to Government House. An immense concourse of spectators will witness the pageant.
The city is chastely decorated, and the triumphal arches eclipse anything of the kind ever seen before in the hemisphere. The illuminations will be on a scale of corresponding grandeur. The city is crammed with enthusiastic spectators, many of whom have come from long distances. The weather is beautifully fine.- Daily ,Mail.
FRICTION BETWEEN LORD
ROBERTS AND MR. BRODRICK.
Rumored that the Commanaer-inChief's Tenure of Office Will Soon Come to an End.
[BY THE HERALD'S SPECIAL WIRE.]
[LONDON, Monday.—There is some talk (and I have it on excellent authority that there is good ground for it) that great friction exists between Lord Roberts and Mr. St. John Brodriek, so much so that it is expected that Lord Roberts's reign as Commander-in-Chief will be a very short one indeed.
TRANSVAL WAR REPORT.
[BY THE HERALD'S SPECIAL WIRE.]
LONDON, Monday.—The following telegram has been received from Lord Kitchener : —
PRETORIA, Friday.—Since my last report the columns report ten Boers killed, three wounded, ninety-three prisoners, thirteen surrenders. Two hundred and eighty-six thousand rounds of small-arm ammunition, a hundred: wagons with teams and 2,070 horses have been taken.
NEW CONSUL AT PRETORIA.
NEW YORK, Saturday.—The successor to Mr. Adalbert Hay as United States Consul at Pretoria is Mr. A. Craffut, hitherto known as an author, an active journalist and a newspaper correspondent. He has had no diplomatic or Consular experience. —Globe.
DUC D'ORLEANS' FETE.
Enthusiastic Royalist Meeting Held at the Hotel des Societes Savantes.
The Rovalist committee of the Seine Department yesterday celebrated the birthday of the Dulo d'Orleans by a meetting held at the Hotel des Sociétés Savantes. In spite, says fftie "Fi,,,aro of the fact that the partition had been taken down and the fencing room added to the ordinary lecture hall, the building was crowded in every part.
On the platform were the Comte de Mayol de Lupé, "the Due de Luyries, M. Roget Lambelin, the Comte de Ponteves, ,Iibe Due de Cars, the Baron de Fonscolombe, and the MM. Buffet. The Anarchists made two attempts to invade the hall, but they were expelled by the audience after a somewhat sharp, conflict.
M. Godefroy, one of the heroes of the High Court, then gave a lecture on the programme of the Royalist party, and tihe meeting was afterwards addressed by the Comte de Mayol de Lupé. Punch was then served, and the Due d'Orleans' health drunk with enthusiasm.
QUICKER SERVICE
ON THE CHANNEL.
Under New Arrangements Flushing Boats Will Cross in Four and One-Half Hours.
OSTEND, Sunday.—It is now practically settled that the passenger steamers now running between Antwerp and Harwich will start from the port of Zeebrugge as soon as the necessary arrangements are complete. The Flushing boats will run to Dover when the new harbor works there are sufficiently forward to allow of the accommodation of the increased traffic.
These two important alterations will seriously affect the Ostencl line, more especially as the Flushing boats will cross to Dover in about four hours and a half.— Dailv Mail.
AGITATION
IN RUSSIA.
Fresh Labor Troubles Feared Among the Workmen of the
Capital.
MANAGER OF WORKS KILLED.
A Mob of Discontented Laborers Attack His House and Inflict Fatal Injuries.
ST. PETERSBURG, Saturday. — There is every appearance of a recrudescence of the labor troubles in St. Petersburg on a larger scale. There are numerous demands for shorter hours and higher wages and much labor agitation. A great meeting of workmen at the local factories takes place tomorrow and considerable demonstrations in connection therewith are anticipated, as a special appeal has been issued.
A few days ago trouble arose at the St. Petersburg Metal Works. The men broke the windows and doors of the manager's house and so grievously mauled him that he died the next day. The police during the week have made 700 arrests and numberless domiciliary visits to private people of liberal tendencies, as their sympathy with the appeal which demands liberty of the press and constitutional government, as well as the shortening of the hours of labor, was thought most probable.
The whole movement seems to go much deeper than was thought at first. It began with the students rioting, but seems now to have assumed threatening proportions, because all the discontented elements are joining the strikers.
By their purposeless, superfluous houseto-house searches the police have created much bad blood. Behind the workmen are most certainly many others who are discontented with the Government. These people make use of the strikers as a means to forward their own ends.-Daily Mail.
RAILWAY REFORM SUCCEEDS.
By order of the Minister of Public Works the authorities at the Gare SaintLazare two months ago introduced the welcome reform of allowing travellers immediate access to the platforms instead of herding them in a waiting room.
The experiment has proved entirely successful, and the Minister intends making the rule general, except in certain cases of temporary croAvding.—Temps.
THE BUDGET
WILL PASS.
Sir Michael Hicks-Boach Is a Clear-
Headed Financier, Says Mr. Herbert Paul.
HE HAS PARLIAMENTARY TACT.
Mr. Gladstone Himself, wiih All His Eloquence, Could Not Have
Managed Better.
LONDON, Saturday.—Although the Government. is not yet out of the wood, the Budget will now, I think, pass without substantial alteration. The sugar duty is accepted as a necessary evil, and a fourteen-penny income tax, which is only levied at that figure. on incomes of moro than seven hundred a year, though bad, might have been worse. The only rock ahead is coal, and .after the Chancellor of the Exchequer's very able speech on, Thursday night he is sure of an ample majority.
The Threatened Strike.
Whether the threatened strike be carried out or not, the discontent in the North of England and the South of Wales is undoubtedly deep and) genuine. There is a sense of injustice, which rankles. The sugar duty is at least put upon the whole trade. The coal tax falls only upon the export trade, and therefore upon two or three counties alone.
If coal were diverted from the foreign to the home market, part of the tax would go to the producers of domestic eoal, and not, as all taxes should, to the Exchequer. It has been said that there was as loud an outcry against the Workmen's Compensation Bill four years ago, and that it did not last. But then the complaint came from the masters alone, whereas here the masters and men are combined.
Sir Michael himself admitted that he had been more impressed by the, deputation of miners, which he received than by any remonstrances which came from their employers. If the exportation of coal were to be discouraged, and the price of coal at home to fall in consequence, the miner might have to, accept, lower wages, while at the same time he was paying more for his sugar, which would hardly be fair.
Coal Tax Permanent.
The chief attack on the coal tax last Thursday came from Sir William Harcourt, who easily disposed of the argument from authority. When \]Y1 r. Mill took alarm at the probable exhaustion of British coal the remedy he proposed Avas not an export duty, but the redemption of debt, a process which has now been indefinitely suspended.
When Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Gladstone supported such a duty they were Protectionists. They abandoned! it w hen they became Free Traders. The tax is certainly opposed to the economic principles which have prevailed in this country since 1840. But the reasons wlhich prove it to be so have little weight either with the public or with the House of Commons.
The strength of the Government's position is that a trade in which such enormous sums have been realized can bear the burden of contributing two millions more to the Treasury, not only this year, but in perpetuity, for Sir Michael has let it clearly be understood that he intends the tax to be permanent. Otherwise, considering the loss on exemptions for contracts, it would not (have been worth his while to persevere.
HERBERT PAUL.
. The fact 'is that the coal-owners have over-reached themselves. They, and the miners, too, have blundered. The threatened strike has put up the backs of men who might otherwise have voted against the Government. They say that the House of Commons cannot afford to be bullied, andl that the justice of taxes is for the representatives of the people to judge, not for trade unions, even when the unions and employers are for once on the same side. ,
The Government is fortunate in its Chancellor of the Exchequer. Though not personally popular, Sir Michael HicksBeach is a clear-headed financier, gifted also v/ith great Parliamentary tact. In everything except charm of manner he is much better qualified to lead the House of Commons than Mr. Balfour.
Mr. Gladstone himself, with all his eloquence, could not have managed this business with more skill than Sir Michael. His political economy may be unsound, and certainly his idea, that the foreigner will pay the tax is opposed alike to principle and to experienoe. But he did not dwell much upon the abstract economic argument.
Must Have Money.
He took main points. First, he must have money. Secondly, the coafcoAvtiers could well afford to pay it. The second, point is inconsistent with the theory that the tax will fall upon foreigners. But, as Mr. Disraeli once said, England is not governed by logic, it is governed by Parliament.
When Sir Michael read to the House of Commons a list of the profits made by the owners of collieries in the year 1900, he used a more formidable weapon than the armory of economic science could have supplied. Sir James Joicey, not unnaturally, protested, and asked that the average gains of the last ten years should bo stated. But the House mentally asked what Sir James was worth, and his appeal, however reasonable, fell flat.
There is a strong and general belief that the coal-owners got vast sums last year at the expense of the railways and the iron trade. Then Sir Michael dealt very skilfully with the question of checking the export of coal. He did not want to diminish this trade, he said. Hoiv could he? That would lessen his revenue.
But he had come to the conclusion that it had gone far enough, and that to prevent it from, going farther would be no crime. It had grown to an enormous extent during the last decade;, and after all, our coalfields are not inexhaustible.
THE TSAR'S SUMMER PLANS.
After a Happy Event, Expected This Month, the Court Will Go to Peterhof.
ST. PETERSBURG, Thursday.—The Emperor and! Empress are still at TsarskoeSelo, where their Majesties received. M. Delcassé. After the happy event expected in the Imperial family in the course of the present month, the Court will pass some time at Peterhof, and, later, will go to Krasnoe-Selo, where the military manoeuvres will take place.
It is almost certain that their Majesties will go to Poland in the autumn for the shooting season, and will afterwards pass a month at Darmstadt.
The marriage of the Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, the Tsar's youngest sister, with the Grand Duke Pierre Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, will be celebrated at Peterhof in the summer.—Figaro.
COUNT WALDERSEE RETURNING
TO EUROPE IN JUNE.
Until His Departure He Will Take Up Quarters on the Hospital
Ship Gera.
BERLIN, Sunday.—Good news reaches us j from China. Count Waldersee intends, n view of the favorable outlook in China, to return to Europe about the middle of Tune..
During his stay in China he will take up his quarters on board the hospital ship Gera, which is to be fitted up for this purpose. It is now clear why the count does not remain at Peking till his departure.
One wonders whether he is ill or is beginning to suffer from the climate, or whether he is sick of playing his anything but enviable part. as supreme commander without a command. Be this as it may, the announcement is at any rate a symptom that the Chinese adventure is at last approaching its end and that no further punitive expeditions are in preparation. Daily News.
RUSSIANS FIGHT CHINESE.
General Zerpinski Victorious Over 7,000 Men Under the Former Governor of Mukden.
Sr': PElintSBultG, Sunday.—Further details have just leaked out respecting the engagement .at Kulo, to the north-west of Mukden, about which I cabled to you on April 22.
The fight was between the troops under General Zerpinski and the former Governor of Mukden with 7,000 Chinese and sixteen Krupp guns. ,
The Russian loss was over sixty killed, wounded and missing. General Zerpinski was wounded during the six hours' battle.
The Chinese were driven out of their fortified position and forced to flee to Igshau Iii Eastern Mongolia, into the strongly protected camp of the Chinese j General Schu.-Daily Mail.
CHINESE GOVERNOR TO RESIGN.
Signs that the Liberal Party Is Now Gradually Gaining the Upper Hand.
' SHANGHAI, Sunday.—An Imperial clecree has been issued which orders the notorious Hsi-Liang to resign the Governor' ship of Hupeh, to which he was recently appointed. Tuan-Fang, ; a -former GDV- ernor of Shan-Si and aji excellent Ivlanchù, has been appointed to succeed him. This action, considered in conjunction with the appointment of Then to the Governorship of Shan-Si, shows that the Liberal narty i.i gradually gaining the upper hand. A telegram from Si-Ngan-lu states that the Court is really preparing to move to HoI Nan.—Morning Post.
ABDUCTED
HER CHILD.
Divorced Wife of a Wealthy Austrian Carries Off Her Child in
Vienna.
A SEARCH FOR YEARS.
The Heart-broken Mother Scours Europe in Search of Her Stolen Darling.
[SPECIAL TO THE HERALD.]
VIENNA, Sunday.-A romance of which Vienna and Boston have been the scene came to an end to-day.
A wealthy Austrian, Herr Johannes Alloeschinger, married, in 1896, in Boston, a young and beautiful painter, Miss Bertha Benoit. The marriage turned out an unhappy one, and was dissolved by the Boston courts, the two-year-old child being confided to the mother's care.
The father, however, abducted the child, and took it with him to Europe. The mother was inconsolable, and gave up her art, and for three years searched all over Europe for her child.
To-day she succeeded in abducting the child in her turn from the custody at the parents of her former husband. M)he ; United States Consul-General officially confirmed her right to the possession of the child.
KLEPTOMANIA BEYOND
THE REACH OF CURE.
A Paris Doctor Victimized by a Young Lady Who Was Placed with Him. as a Kleptomaniac.
The "Figaro" tells an amusing story of a trick recently played on a Paris doctor. An elegantly dressed man, .calling himself M. de S --, called on the doctor in the avenue de la. Grande Armée and asked him to take charge of his eldest daughter, and cure her of kleptomania. He gave his address as in the avenue Kleber, and paid down 500fr. in advance.
The doctor took care of his boarder, but not enough care, for she has recently disappeared with securities of the value of 23,OOOfr.
On the doctor calling in the avenue Kleber, to see whether his boarder had returned to her father, he found a M. de S——, who had two daughters, but he was not tho M. de S whose daughter suffered from kleptomania.
The man of science had been the victim of a clever swindler, who hadi not misled him when he said that the young lady was a kleptomaniac.
ANOTHER CHILD MARTYR.
Five-Year-Old Boy Tortured by a Woman—Tongue Burned with Hot Iron.
Little Charles Leclerc, aged five, was found in the streets of Bagnolet some days ago. He was covered with blood and bruises. Investigation showed that he and his eldest brother had been placed some months ago in the care of a, woman named Marie Boucher, aged thirty-one, residing in the commune, by their parents who lived in Paris.
The woman had taken an aversion to the younger boy and used to beat and torture him. One of tier favorite pastimes was to compel him to pull out his tongue a.nd then burn it with a hot iron.
She ihas been arrested and the case is being investigated.—Temps.
DUEL AT SURESNES.
M. Vignier .and lVr. René Besnard, son of the admiral, exchanged shots at the Haras de Suresnes a. couple of days ago, following upon an altercation. Neither was wounded. The seconds were : MM. Fouquet du Lusigneul and Wallace for M. Vignier, and MM. J. M. Rose and Vicomte de Liniers for M. René Besnard.—Presse.
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE
VATICAN AND WASHINGTON.
The Bishop of Manila, Cardinal Gibbons and Mgr. Chapelle Meet in Rome.
ROME, Sunday.—The Archbishop of Manila, in the Philippines, has just arrived in Rome. During the present month there are also expected Cardinal Gibbons, the Archbishop of Baltimore, and Mgr. Chapelle, the Archbishop of New Orleans, who is now discharging tho functions of Legate of the Holy See in the Philippines.
The meeting of these three prelates is designed to remove the conflict which has arisen between the Vatican and the United States. The action of the Washington Government in sequestrating the property of the monasteries in the Philippines is supported by many American Catholics, but is opposed by the ^atican.
During his stay in Europe Cardinal Gibbons will attend the consecration of the new Catholic cathedral in London. Dnilv Chronicle.